Twitter reacts to No. 9 Clemson losing to Duke |
Tony Crumpton
· · Monday, September 04 2023
No. 9 Clemson looked shaky in the redzone, on special teams, and fell to a tough Duke squad 28-7 on Monday night.
Twitter was abuzz talking about the Tigers loss to the Blue Devils: I’d like a do over on dumb loses more than smart wins. But as we say, both things can be true. Dumb miscues cost Clemson. But what a performance by Duke—which I understand is renowned for being smart. If Clemson can beat FSU in 3 weeks, all is well. But I can’t envision a scenario that happens. When you don’t have WRs that intimidate DUKE… When you’re constantly scrambling out of trouble now… what are you doing vs. FSU? Duke is real good but, man. Clemson is going to outgain Duke in every offensive category and lose by three scores Clemson said no to expansion because they realized SMU might actually beat them in football. Mike Elko went 9-4 in year 1 at Duke and is just straight up handling Clemson tonight. He might be one of the best coaches in the country. Clemson has now lost 3 of its last 4 games for 1st time in 12 years, since Dabo Swinney’s 3rd full season as Tigers’ coach in 2011 How the mighty have fallen: Duke 28 ... Clemson 7??? Dabo, back to the lab-o. Is Clemson a softball school I've said it the last three seasons: Clemson's problem is/was not DJ Uiagalelei. 88% of the moneyline money at @betmgm was on Clemson -500. Maybe we need a new WR coach too. It's time to re-calibrate our expectations for this Clemson program. The Tigers had a great run, but Dabo Swinney has always said it's harder to stay at the top than it is to get to the top. He was right. Feels like there is a funk in this program currently. A whole lot of can’t get right all manifested before our eyes in game 1. Mood for Clemson fans 😬 pic.twitter.com/XoDukHhENc Clemson had two of the best quarterbacks in college football essentially back to back in Deshaun Watson and Trevor Lawrence. But without either of these guys they’ve come back to earth. They look like a borderline top 25 team tonight. Door is wide open for FSU in ACC. Duke fans storm the field after upsetting No. 9 Clemson: pic.twitter.com/ulPm2houww This would have been far more humiliating for Clemson had the Duke fans calmly remained in their seats as if they expected to win. pic.twitter.com/w4T2pHQ5l4 Dabo Swinney showing up to Corvallis to recruit DJ Uiagalelei back to Clemson pic.twitter.com/JpvlNV2vpb There is some good news for Clemson: whatever amount ACC fines Duke for rushing the field will be subtracted from Clemson's exit fee DUKE BEATS CLEMSON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2004‼️😲 pic.twitter.com/nEJzY1r9dm DUKE ROUTS NO. 9 CLEMSON‼️ @DukeFOOTBALL's first AP top-10 win since 1989 😤 pic.twitter.com/liOLnSHO1I Clemson ain’t it this year. The last time Duke beat a top-10 team was in September 1989... against Clemson 🤯 pic.twitter.com/QUg4MXxcU4 Clemson Fans Orange CRUSHED 😈 Clemson has lost: Dabo Swinney says Clemson was 108-0 in program history when rushing for 200+ yards AND passing for 200+ yards in a single game… Duke QB Riley Leonard had to ask "professor Taylor" for an extension on an assignment after upsetting No. 9 Clemson 😂
Only 12% of the money was on Duke at +375.
What a complete cluster of a game.
Bunch of players who can't execute and are error-prone.
Culture? Yeah--let's flush that idea that this is a winning culture. Bring in transfers. Use NIL for recruiting. Top to bottom evaluation.
Love Dabo & what he’s built, but he has his hands full with what lies ahead this season.
LSU ain’t either.
Georgia can’t stop getting arrested.
Ohio State’s still breaking in a brand new QB.
We could be in for an exceptionally fun season. 🍿
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Duke upsets No. 9 Clemson! pic.twitter.com/5E7JGAa8al
- Three of its last four games
- Four of its last seven
- And three of those losses were by three scores.
108-1 after tonight 😬
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